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The Muscular System (dys-: bad, difficult, or painful (example: dyscrasia …
The Muscular System
dys-: bad, difficult, or painful
example: dyscrasia - an abnormal bodily condition caused by poisons in the blood
example: dystentery - a disease marked especially by severe bloody diarrhea
-ic: pertaining to
example: atonic - lacking muscular tone
example: hypodermic - relating to the region immediately beneath the skin
-plegia: paralysis, stroke
example: paraplegia - paralysis of the legs and lower body
example: quadriplegia - paralysis of all four limbs
ton/o: tone, stretching, tension
example: tonography - continuous measurement of intraocular pressure to determine the facility of aqueous outflow
example: tonometer - an instrument for measuring the pressure in a part of the body
tax/o: coordination, order
example: the scientific identification, naming, and classification of living things
example: taxis - a motion or orientation of a cell, organism, or part in response to an external stimulus
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o: tendon, stretch out, extend, strain
example: tenosynovitis - inflammation of the tendon sheath where muscle connects to bone
example: tenolysis - surgery to release a tendon affected by adhesions
Bi-: twice, double, two
example: bifurcation - the division of something into two branches
example: biarticulate - having or consisting of two joints
fibr/o: fibrous tissue, fiber
example: fibromyalgia - widespread muscle pain and tenderness
example: fibroadenoma - a noncancerous breast tumor that most often occurs in young women
my/o: muscle
example: myoclonus - spasmodic jerky contraction of groups of muscles
example: myoparesis - slight muscular paralysis
-cele: hernia, tumor, swelling
example: rectocele - a condition in which the tissue wall between the rectum and the vagina weakens
example: cystocele - a bulge of the bladder into the vagina
kines/o, kinesi/o: movement
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tri-: three
example: triorchidism - the condition of having three tests
example: tribrachis - a condition seen in conjoined twins when the fusion has merged the adjacent arms to form a single one, so that there are only three arms for the two bodies
fasci/o: fascia, fibrous band
example: fasciitis - inflammation of the fascia of a muscle or organ
example: fascicle - a band or bundle of fibers, usually of muscle or nerve fibers
-ia: abnormal condition, disease
example: hernia - a bulging of an organ or tissue through an abnormal opening
example: ataxia - the loss of full control of bodily movement